Renowned Harvard Scholar Named as New BYU-Hawaii PresidentA man internationally known for his ability to solve complex managerial problems and foresee future business trends will be taking his expertise to the Pacific as the new president of Brigham Young University-Hawaii.

In making the announcement, President Hinckley expressed his confidence in Wheelwright’s leadership: “I know President Wheelwright will take BYU-Hawaii to new heights. Through his expertise and many associations I’m confident he will expand the influence of BYU-Hawaii and bless the lives of all who come to this illustrious school.”

Wheelwright also has experience working with students from many different cultures including Asia. As the former senior associate dean of Harvard Business School’s MBA program, he worked with students from all over the world and helped place them in business positions. Elder Eying said this network will benefit BYU-Hawaii students as they return to their native countries after graduation. “Steve Wheelwright is as energetic and productive a person as you’ll ever meet, and he has a remarkable personal reservoir of contacts.”

As a young man, Wheelwright served the Church as a missionary in Scotland. He later served as a mission president in London from 2000 to 2003. He has been a counselor in a stake presidency, a high councilor and a bishop. Since leaving Harvard, he and his wife have been service missionaries at BYU-Idaho.

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Keynote • Brian Carrington

Brian R. Carrington is the Real Estate Specialist for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Asia Area. Prior to this, he served as the Director of Acquisitions for Temple sites and other special projects in the LDS Church, as associate secretary to the Presiding Bishopric, and as President of Property Reserve, Inc., the real estate investment portfolio for the Church. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Polynesian Cultural Center, United Way of Salt Lake City, and Envision Utah in Salt Lake City.

Brian has had the privilege of reporting directly to the Presiding Bishopric and the First Presidency, leading teams assigned to explore alternatives today for Church assets which will impact decisions and choices for those assets in the future. Envision Hawaii, Envision New Zealand, Envision Florida, and Envision Utah were each special projects which attempted to look into the future and explore decisions we could make today which would enhance the value of Church assets for the future.

He served in the Church as a full-time missionary in Mexico and again as a full-time missionary in the real estate investment department of the Church. Brian earned an MBA from the Yale School of Management and taught Corporate and International Finance at BYU Hawaii. Brian and his wife, Jo Carrington, are the parents of four children and nine grandchildren.